If you want to master the skill of magic (in Runescape) because it's a good trick to use on people in the Wilderness, get more choices of magic by runes (and transport to different towns), or want to show off your level on the high scoreboard to your friends, you may want to read this article.

Steps

1

Make your own elemental runes (air, water, fire, and earth) (This skill is called runecrafting. Runecrafting can make you over 500k per hour at high levels.), or buy from mage stores or other players. Or, you can use staffs, but you can only hold one, so choose the staff that needs the most quantity runes (if you are casting a spell that requires 3 fire runes, 4 air runes, and 1 law rune, use an air staff).

2

Find a place to practice your mage level; somewhere that you can hide (if monsters have the ability to chase you) and somewhere that other players won't "steal" and take over fighting the same monster you are.

3

Find monsters that are within the same or higher combat level as you. Don't waste runes and/or time on chickens, rats, or ducks unless you have a Level 3 character. Be aware that the higher combat level a monster is, the more runes you would need to kill it.

4

Use laws in an efficient manner. Unless you have a lot of GP to buy laws(or a very high runecrafting level) it's not recommended to use laws as a method to get your mage level up. If you're saving GP or laws, just walk from place to place.

5

Use caution when going into the Wilderness. Even players with a few combat levels lower than someone else can kill them; what the person wears, their prayer level, mage level, and what spell they use on their victim are all factors.

6

Save nature runes for alchemy spells. Same rule as laws, don't use them for smithing iron unless you're prepared GP or amount wise.

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To get onto the high scoreboard in Runescape, you'll need to achieve a level 58 AND become in the top 2 million. You can be a level 58 and not show up because a million other players have a level 58 or higher in that skill.